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Jug (Puzzle jug)
1650 (1670-1950)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Nevers; France or Netherlands; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1964.0685
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.0685
Object Name
Jug (Puzzle jug)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
Probably Nevers; France or Netherlands; Europe
Origin Notes
Body and glaze (original manufacture).
Secondary Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Secondary Origin Notes
Probable place of later painted inscription.
Date
1650 (1670-1950)
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Under nozzle
Inscription: A (probably modern) inscription is painted in blue at the front of the jug: "W.T/ 1650" flanked by groups of three dots.
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: "576" in yellow
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Archaeological evidence for similar (America)
- Drinking games or tricks
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Pierced
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
5.039 (H) x 5.161 (L) x 3.74 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
12.8 (H) x 13.11 (L) x 9.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Lipski, Louis L. & Archer, Michael. 1984 Dated English Delftware: Tin-glazed Earthenware 1600-1800.
• Published: p. 435, no. 1803, in chapter titled "Objects Inscribed and Decorated at a Later Date" (fairly extensive discussion).Book: Grigsby, Leslie B. 2000 The Longridge Collection of English Slipware and Delftware.
• Evidence for "puzzle jug" as period term: vol. 1, no. S91, trailed and sgraffito slipware jug inscribed "The Reveren\D / RicharD:Nelson / GrasDaLe / 1774" and "A / PuslinG / Jug" Probably Yorkshire.Article: Stoddart, Eleanor. 2000 Seventeenth-Century Tin-glazed Earthenware from Ferryland. Avalon Chronicles. 5: 49-100.
• Quite similar form and pierced pattern puzzle jug in plain white glaze, excavated at Ferryland, Newfoundland site: pp. 77-78, fig. 9, identified as Dutch tin glaze. 17th C.Article: Crossley, Robert. 1993 "Circulatory Systerms of Puzzle Jugs". Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle. 15 (Pt. 1): 73-98.
• Detailed discussion of puzzle jugs of many types and materials.Book: 1984 Principes d'analyse scientifique: Objets civils domestiques Vocabulaire.
• French (Saint-Verain and Rouen) puzzle jugs: p. 190, nos. 973, 975; the Rouen example being tin-glazed and dated 1733.